The purpose of this chapter is to establish specialized licensing and monitoring standards that supplement or alter the core licensing standards of COMAR 14.31.05 and 14.31.06 for particular types of residential child care programs.

Authority: Article 41, §§6-101 and 6-104; Article 83C, §§2-102, 2-104, 2-113, 2-120, and 2-123—2-125; Education Article, §§8-301—8-303; Family Law Article, §§5-506, 5-508, 5-509, 5-509.1, and 5-510; Health-General Article, §§2-104, 7-904, 8-404, 10-922, and 10-924; Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: November 22, 2004 (31:23 Md. R. 1651)

COMAR 01.04.08 revised and recodified to COMAR 14.31.07 as an emergency provision effective June 30, 2005 (32:15 Md. R. 1314); revised and recodified permanently effective November 28, 2005 (32:23 Md. R. 1828)